The end of travel restrictions imposed by the Danish authorities means that the low-cost carrier is gaining in strength at one of its most important bases, Copenhagen.
The removal of most of the Travel restrictions for Danish and European travellers in the European Union gives wings to the low-cost carrier Norwegian. The company is thus strengthening its Scandinavian bases. Including Copenhagen, one of the most important before the Covid-19 crisis.
Norwegian now connects 35 European destinations from Copenhagen, as well as Tel Aviv. In France, Norwegian will be landing this July at Nice with a daily flight and Paris-CDG with four weekly frequencies. The number of flights to Paris will be reduced from the end of August with two frequencies per week. It will then become a daily service from 1 October. Norwegian will also be offering two weekly flights in August and September to Montpellier.
A carrier focused on short-haul
Outside Denmark, Norwegian connects Oslo to Nice (5 to 6 weekly frequencies during the summer) and Paris CDG (2 to 4 flights/week until the end of September). From Stockholm-ArlandaNorwegian only operates routes on Nice (between 5 and 7 flights a week during the summer).
The company has indeed regained some of its former glory after nearly going bankrupt.. In May, it was still using just 10 aircraft on Norwegian domestic routes. This compares with a fleet of more than 110 short-haul aircraft before the crisis. This summer, Norwegian plans to deploy between 30 and 50 Boeing 737NG. Four markets in Scandinavia are now its bases: Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.
Under its recovery plan, the company hopes to operate a fleet of 50 to 70 aircraft by 2022 with the return of a possible base in continental Europe - excluding Scandinavia.
Norwegian has confirmed completely abandon the operation of long-haul routes to concentrate (for the time being) only on the most profitable routes. In this case, the short-haul to and from Scandinavia.
